An Egyptian male artisan, wearing clay-covered work clothes, hand-shapes a large unfired clay pot inside a rustic traditional pottery workshop. Multiple raw clay vessels of varying sizes surround him on the floor, indicating active small-scale production. Traditional hand pottery (Fakhkhar) remains a living craft in Egypt, practiced in areas such as Fustat in Old Cairo and the village of Qaramous, where artisans have produced functional and decorative earthenware for centuries.